Member Article

March of 2006 will make a mark in history as the date in which the people of Bolivia have manifested, through the National Congress, their irrevocable and unequivocal decision of modifying the political structure of the Republic by simultaneously calling to a Constituent Assembly, with the purpose of designing a new Political Constitution, and to a binding referendum on departmental autonomies. Six presidents have passed since the beginning of the new millennium. Beyond the dissimilar causes that affected each particular situation, what is certain is that an evident and growing popular discontent was objectively reflected not only towards the centralized government system, but also in connection with the exclusion of a large sector of the population from the active political stage and the decision making process. In this context and after so many speeches, promises, strikes and blockades, intense threats and heated debates, the National Congress has set an example by sanctioning two laws that may cause possible changes without breaking the unity of the country or deepening the gaps between the different regions.